Audible, a provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio, is offering free downloads of the only audio version of the Executive Summary of The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission). Audible has also produced the unabridged Final Report in audio. It runs over 20 hours and costs $4.95 to download from audible.com.
Visitors to www.audible.com/911hearings can also download all of the 9-11 Commission testimony and public hearings. All of this audio has been provided to Audible by content partner C-SPAN. Free audio downloads from recent public hearings before the 9-11 Commission available at www.audible.com/911hearings include testimony from Condoleezza Rice, Richard A. Clarke, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Colin L. Powell, George Tenet and Madeleine K. Albright.
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Once downloaded to a computer through an Internet connection, Audible’s audio can be transferred to many portable audio players, be burned to an audio CD or listened to at the computer desktop. Audible enables people to be productive while driving to work or while waiting in endless queues. Audible’s content has also found favor with the disabled and with individuals using English as a second language.